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Another etymology or 2 for qʰéẋchi?

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As we so often find, a Chinookan-language “particle” is said to be the historical source of Chinuk Wawa’s qʰéẋchi ‘although, even though’.

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Is DARE “cha-muck-a-muck” Californian?

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Here’s a quick crowdsourcing challenge:

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1896: New Year’s party at Clayoquot

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Was it doggerel?

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I agree with CTGR 2012, Warm House Dance is CW…

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I agree with the 2012 Grand Ronde Tribes dictionary; I just have more to say 🙂

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Circa 1868: Alaska frontier-era CW

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A US Naval officer remembers some Chinuk Wawa from America’s then-new territory, southeast Alaska:

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máłini, máłx̣wəli: etymological speculations

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One of my readers asked the other day about the origin of a couple of Chinuk Wawa words for directions relating to a body of water…

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Kaltash Wawa #4

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Issue 4 has arrived…I couldn’t resist sharing it!

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“A West Coast Christmas” anthology

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“A West Coast Christmas” anthology, edited by Anne Tempelman-Kluit…

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1874-1880: Merry Chinook Christmas from BC

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Thanks to an amateur artist who was on the scene during British Columbia’s frontier era, we have lively pictures of scenes where Chinuk Wawa almost certainly played a part.

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CW “The Night Before Xmas”

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Happy Chinook Christmas!